1709 in Ireland

Events from the year 1709 in Ireland.

Incumbent

• Monarch: Anne

Events

• August 30 – the Parliament of Ireland passes an amending act which requires any adult male (including registered Roman Catholic priests) to take an oath of abjuration if required by a magistrate.
• September 4–8 – nearly 800 poor Protestant refugee families of German Palatines arrive in Dublin to be settled in Ireland.
• c. December – start of Hougher disturbances against the extension of livestock rearing in Connacht including maiming of cattle.

Births

• October 13 – John Cole, 1st Baron Mountflorence, politician (d. 1767)
• Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, politician (d. 1788)
• Approximate date – Laetitia Pilkington, born Laetitia van Lewen, poet and memoirist (d. 1750)

Deaths

• August 31 (September 11 NS) – Sir Thomas Prendergast, 1st Baronet, soldier, killed at the Battle of Malplaquet (b. c. 1660)

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